• A serving church – We offer our facilities to other churches, community groups and local youth groups. We try to find those who minister to others and then seek ways to assist them. All that we do is designed help others in need, not to attract new members. We believe that if we minister to God’s people – God will build the church!

• A diverse church – Our service is a reflection of who we were and are today. Probably our greatest strength is our diversity. Sitting around you worshiping together will be Amish, Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopalian, Assemblies of God, Baptist, Nazarene and Methodists - to name a few.  Each has brought a part of their religious tradition to “The Park”. The result is a deeper, richer community of faith where we join in sharing new traditions and celebrate our differences.

Parkside is not:

• A political church – We find no evidence that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is embraced or embodied in any particular political party. We believe in community responsibility and urge participation in the civic process. As Christians and citizens we are involved, committed and determined - but we leave party politics at the door! We seek to serve the poor, the sick and victims of injustice. We seek leaders who share those values whatever their political affiliation.

• A legalistic church – As an independent community church we are not bound by legalistic traditions that exclude and ridicule other seekers after God’s truth. In our services we do not condemn or accuse those who believe differently. At “The Park” we may not like “the sin” but we will love the sinner! Gee, where would we find an idea like that?

• A “money first” church – Many churches dramatically limit outreach and serving “until they have the mortgage paid off”. Parkside takes a different approach. We focus the majority of our efforts on serving others, right now.  Whether a prayer-garden, food bank, operatiom Christmas Child or one of our special construction programs Parkside continues to invest it's time and money to serve and minister.  We will all be the richer for that.

• A big church – We’re a small church that has doubled in average attendance in the past year. We’re small enough to know you and committed enough to help when you might need us.